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duckworth, you know, an amputee who served our country as touting her service too much? there were plenty of stupid comments to go around. and just recently, we had another member of congress try to explain what the comments about legitimate rain actually might have meant. so i don't think that stupid is going anywhere too far away i from the rnc any time soon. >> eugene, they are just looking for a leader right now, aren't they? >> yeah, they are. and speaking of the leadership of the actual organization, i would point out that the -- this is a party that michael steele presides over, a huge victory, so of course they fire him and reince priebus presides over a debacle, and they rehire him. so this is not getting past stupid as far as i'm concerned. but be that as it may, that's their business. they are looking for a leader. and i think jindal could have challenged them to do what they need to do, which is reexamine their positions and their policies. it's not -- it's not just that some republicans say stupid things. it's that they have positions that are seen as anti-w
duckworth, you know, an amputee who served our country as touting her service too much? there were plenty of stupid comments to go around. and just recently, we had another member of congress try to explain what the comments about legitimate rain actually might have meant. so i don't think that stupid is going anywhere too far away i from the rnc any time soon. >> eugene, they are just looking for a leader right now, aren't they? >> yeah, they are. and speaking of the leadership of...
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host: i think you're referring to tammy duckworth, from chicago, illinois. caller: she brought up a good point. her point was, there was going to be attrition of women that were going to start and work their way up into infantry. i thought that was a great idea. that way, military contract it and gets a metrics and how they are performing. -- can track it and get metrics and how they are performing. -- on how they are performing. psychologically, there typically able to disarm them a lot quicker. in a be able to gather other parts -- other types of soft intelligence other than hard intelligence. i do not think they are going to be so destructive from a gender- based standpoint. there have been some arguments that putting women in their will break the cubbies of bond between man and it will be disrupted. -- the cohesive bond between men sruptive.ll be di it may make them less rigid in when they are emotionally suffering. they may be able to connect look at better to a female. all that being said, i do feel that women may have the tactical mindset to add a lit
host: i think you're referring to tammy duckworth, from chicago, illinois. caller: she brought up a good point. her point was, there was going to be attrition of women that were going to start and work their way up into infantry. i thought that was a great idea. that way, military contract it and gets a metrics and how they are performing. -- can track it and get metrics and how they are performing. -- on how they are performing. psychologically, there typically able to disarm them a lot...
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martha: tammy duckworth side, there are guys who can't make the cut, right? >> yes. martha: there are plenty of twice who can't make the cut. if a woman, if you keep the standards as they are, there is no reason to lower any benchmarks because you don't want a decline in any way, diminish in any way your capabilities in the field. as a woman i would not want them to change the rules one iota, juan. what do you think? >> no. i mean you got to have people who can do the job. martha: right. >> that's the task. the question is are the standards, because the standards were set for men, are the standards beyond what is necessary in order to do the job? you want to make sure somehow standards that were set a long time ago are not discriminatory. remember, we're in an age where you have to be able to handle computers, even your gun is a computer these days. and so there are lots of requirements that wouldn't have, in terms of your intelligence, your reaction time, your ability to help and work as a unit, i don't think that are necessarily about your strength or weight, even
martha: tammy duckworth side, there are guys who can't make the cut, right? >> yes. martha: there are plenty of twice who can't make the cut. if a woman, if you keep the standards as they are, there is no reason to lower any benchmarks because you don't want a decline in any way, diminish in any way your capabilities in the field. as a woman i would not want them to change the rules one iota, juan. what do you think? >> no. i mean you got to have people who can do the job. martha:...
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. ♪ let's hear it for the boys ♪ >> tammy duckworth didn't lose her legs playing hackky sack. >> stephanie: that's right. diane feinstein yesterday. >> i was the one that found the supervisor's body and put a finger in a hole trying to get a pulse. once you see one of these crime scenes, it isn't like the movies. it changes your view of weapons. >> stephanie: oddly the nra not supportive. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: they called the effort disappointing. disappointing. they are disappointed. they are yeah. >> disappointed! >> stephanie: yeah, but not surprised. i'm sure that's what hurts her the most. >> i'm disappointed! >> stephanie: senator feinstein has been trying to ban guns for decades, it is disappointing that she is once again trying to curtail the constitution instead of prosecuting criminals or fixing our broken mental health system. the american people know gun bans do not work. >> the question is are you lying then or are you lying now? or are you not a chronic and habitual liar! >> stephanie: congress will reject senator feinstein's wrong-headed approach
. ♪ let's hear it for the boys ♪ >> tammy duckworth didn't lose her legs playing hackky sack. >> stephanie: that's right. diane feinstein yesterday. >> i was the one that found the supervisor's body and put a finger in a hole trying to get a pulse. once you see one of these crime scenes, it isn't like the movies. it changes your view of weapons. >> stephanie: oddly the nra not supportive. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: they called...
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now lecturing the likes of tammy duckworth about what it's like to serve in the military. you know, it's just -- right wing has lost immigration, gay rights women serving in the military. it is all slipping away from them. and they're left with sort of these angry sort of hollow retards. >> john: so tired of the sexism. it has been so brought out of focus over the response of allowing women to serve. which again is a recommendation that came from the joint chiefs of staff. this was not imposed on them by any civilians in the pentagon or the white house. the joint chiefs recommended it because women are already in combat. let's start paying the ones who are in combat, what they deserve >> it is not like every woman in the military will be in combat. you've got to earn it. there's going to be tests. i mean come on, they're not just going to send people out there who aren't qualified. we don't have time to talk about hillary's testimony on the hill last week. just the floodgates of right wing misogyny that that opened up. preview of what's to come, i think. >> john: i think y
now lecturing the likes of tammy duckworth about what it's like to serve in the military. you know, it's just -- right wing has lost immigration, gay rights women serving in the military. it is all slipping away from them. and they're left with sort of these angry sort of hollow retards. >> john: so tired of the sexism. it has been so brought out of focus over the response of allowing women to serve. which again is a recommendation that came from the joint chiefs of staff. this was not...